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Period: Mid-20th Century
Greta Garbo "As You Desire Me"
Located in Austin, TX
This stunning black and white studio portrait features Greta Garbo posed for her role in "As You Desire Me". Greta Garbo was a Swedish-American film actress during the 1920s and 19...
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Contemporary Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment

Marilyn Monroe with Ben Lyon Vintage Press Print
Located in Austin, TX
Black and white capture of actress Marilyn Monroe smiling at an event with Ben Lyon. -- One-of-a-kind original vintage press print from the Celebrity Vault archives. Own a piece of ...
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Contemporary Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography

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Black and White

Lucille Ball and Vivian Vance "I Love Lucy"
Located in Austin, TX
This black and white action shot features Lucille Ball and Vivian Vance talking on the phone for a scene in the television hit series "I Love Lucy". Lucille Ball was an American act...
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Contemporary Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Marilyn Monroe: Hollywood's Glamour Icon
Located in Austin, TX
This black and white pinup style portrait features blonde actress and film icon Marilyn Monroe. Captured by celebrity photographer Frank Worth this sexy image features the actress se...
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Contemporary Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment

Martin Luther King Jr and Malcolm X
Located in Austin, TX
Black and white candid capture of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr., candid and smiling. On March 26, 1964, Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr. met for the first and only time i...
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Contemporary Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Eifeltower, Paris, 1955
Located in Cologne, DE
Silver Gelatine Print by Erich Andres, 1955. Andres was born 1905 in Germany and passed away 1992. He started his career as a photographer in 1920. He was one of the first photograph...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Sophia Loren Showering in "Judith"
Located in Austin, TX
Sophia Loren smiling in shower scene for her role in "Judith", 1966. Judith is a 1966 drama film about a beautiful woman who survived a concentration camp goes to Israel in 1948 to ...
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Contemporary Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Surf Wagon, St. Petersburg Beach, FL, 1964
Located in Denton, TX
Edition of 15 Signed, titled, dated, print date, and numbered. Paper size: 36 x 54 in. AVAILABLE SIZES: 11 x 14 in., Edition of 25 16 x 20 in., Edition of 25 24 x 36 in., Edition of...
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Post-Modern Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography

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Archival Pigment

'Marlon Brando & Vivien Leigh Smoking On-Set'
Located in London, GB
'Marlon Brando & Vivien Leigh Smoking On-Set' Marlon Brando and Vivien Leigh smoking cigarettes on the set of 'A Streetcar Named Desire,' 1951....
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Modern Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Jimi Hendrix Contact Sheet Print
Located in Austin, TX
Signed limited edition contact sheet print by Ed Caraeff of Jimi Hendrix, drummer John “Mitch” Mitchell and bassist Noel Redding before a performance at the Hollywood Bowl, Californi...
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Photorealist Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography

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Archival Pigment

Marilyn Monroe with Brown Hair Vintage Press Print
Located in Austin, TX
Early capture of star actress Marilyn Monroe in her younger years, before her "blonde" era. -- One-of-a-kind original vintage press print from the Celebrity Vault archives. Own a piece of history and kick-start your collection with our one-of-a-kind pieces of your favorite celebrities. -- "The Marilyn Monroe community was shocked and stunned at the untimely passing of truly one of the greatest Monroe sculptors of all time, Kim Goodwin...
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Contemporary Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography

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Black and White

1960's Hollywood Photography by Lawrence Schiller 'Marilyn Monroe'
Located in White Plains, NY
'Marilyn Monroe, 1962' by American photographer, Lawrence Schiller. Digital pigment, Ed. 26/35. Image: 13.5 x 19 in. / Paper: 16 x 20 in. From the set of the film 'Something's Got to...
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Photorealist Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography

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Digital Pigment

Steve McQueen Relaxing on Phone
Located in Austin, TX
Steve McQueen sitting shirtless on the floor while speaking on the phone Terrence Stephen McQueen was an American actor and his antihero persona, emphasized during the height of the...
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Contemporary Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Standing Proud (1939) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
Located in London, GB
Standing Proud (1939) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print (Photo by Herbert Mason/Daily Mail/Getty Images) St Paul's cathedral standing above the surrounding burning buildings during the London blitz...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography

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Black and White, Silver Gelatin

Marilyn Monroe, unique print of 1988 from original negative
Located in Cologne, DE
Ed Feingersh photographed Marilyn Monroe for Redbook magazine in March 1955 for a story which would follow Monroe through her daily routine, the photography to be candid and shot wit...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Batman and Batgirl Classical Portrait
Located in Austin, TX
Classic black and white promotional still of Adam West for his role as Batman, and Yvonne Joyce Craig for her role as Batgirl, circa 1967. Batman is an American live-action televisi...
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Contemporary Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Hugh Hefner in His Bedroom Office, Chicago 1961, Black and White Photography
Located in Chicago, IL
"Nelson Algren's Chicago: Photographs by Art Shay", page 34. Hugh Hefner liked Algren and vice versa. After Hefner purchased several of his short stori...
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Contemporary Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

"King of the Hill" Arthur Leipzig, American Street Games Photography, Children
Located in New York, NY
Arthur Leipzig King of the Hill, 1943 Signed in pencil lower right margin Gelatin silver print 10 x 13 inches Arthur Leipzig (1918-2014) was born in Brooklyn, New York. His journey...
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American Realist Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Johnny Cash Playing Harmonica
By J.T. Phillips
Located in Austin, TX
Black and white action shot of Johnny Cash playing a harmonica on stage. Johnny Cash was an American singer-songwriter. Most of Cash's music contains themes of sorrow, moral tribula...
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Contemporary Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Perso nell'immensità - New York, 1955 - Full Framed Black & White Photography
Located in Brussels, BE
Perso nell'immensità, 1955. Men and hats, in the streets of New York. Work sold in perfect condition, print on baryta paper 310 grs pigment inks of museum quality, limited edition of 5 copies The artwork is mounted on dibond and fixed in American floating box...
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Photorealist Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography

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Archival Pigment

Colm Wilkenson, Terrance Mann in "Les Miserables" on Broadway signed by Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Colm Wilkenson, Terrance Mann in "Les Miserables" on Broadway, 1987. This is the famous photograph published in the New York Times just ...
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Pop Art Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

"Hepburn At Paris" by Bert Hardy
Located in London, GB
"Hepburn At Paris" by Bert Hardy Belgian-born US actress Audrey Hepburn (1929 - 1993) in a street at Paris during the filming of 'Funny Face' Original Publication: Picture Post - 85...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography

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Black and White

"Betty Slade Dives" by Fox Photos
Located in London, GB
"Betty Slade Dives" by Fox Photos England's champion woman diver, Betty Slade, doing a back dive from the springboard, during training at Wood Green baths. Unframed Paper Size: 40"...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography

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Black and White

Vernal Fall from Lady Franklin Rock, Yosemite
Located in Pacific Grove, CA
This early silver gelatin print on semi-matte paper with margins was likely printed in the 1930s. This is an extremely rare variant of an image published in "The Four Seasons of Yose...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

In The Box
Located in Carmel, CA
Printed 1993 Platinum-palladium print 1962, printed 1993 DIMENSIONS image: 12 x 21.5 cm. (4 3/4 x 8 7/16 in.) sheet: 27.4 x 35 cm. (10 13/16 x 13 3/4 in.)
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Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

In The Box
In The Box
$8,000 Sale Price
20% Off
Citizen Kane - One of a Kind Prints and Vintage Large Format Negative
Located in Austin, TX
From Orson Welles' 1941 masterpiece, this vintage large format 10” by 8” negative is over 80 years old and still in perfect condition, having only just been found in an old filing ca...
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Contemporary Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Salita scivolosa a Trinità dei Monti Roma - # 3 on 5 - Black & White Photography
Located in Brussels, BE
Artwork # 3 on 5 sold in perfect condition Print called "Art 2014", format 42 x 60 cm. SERIES OF 5 PRINTS + 2 AP Snowstorm over Rome. The photographer grabs his camera and walks the ...
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Photorealist Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography

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Archival Pigment

Little Boy; Street Photography; Black and White; Paris, 1950s, 17, 7 x 12, 4 cm
Located in Cologne, DE
Silver Gelatine Print by Erich Andres, ca 1950. Andres was born 1905 in Germany and passed away 1992. He started his career as a photographer in 1920. He was one of the first photogr...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin, Black and White

Couple standing at Colonnade to city hall Hamburg, Germany 1938, Printed Later
Located in Cologne, DE
One of the photographers at Mauritius Publishing based in Berlin was Karl Heinrich Lämmel. Born on 30 July 1910 in Riesa, Saxony, he has been missing since April 1945. In the thirtie...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography

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Black and White

Marilyn Monroe and Ray Anthony in Helicopter Vintage Press Print
Located in Austin, TX
Stunning color capture of Marilyn Monroe and Ray Anthony smiling in a helicopter. -- One-of-a-kind original vintage press print from the Celebrity Vault archives. Own a piece of his...
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Contemporary Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography

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Archival Pigment

Broadway stage actress Gloria Foster, photographed starring in 'Yerma'
Located in Senoia, GA
8 x 10" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Obie Award-winning Broadway (and Off-Broadway) stage actress Gloria Foster, photographed starring in 'Yerma', 1966. This is a print that ...
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Pop Art Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Shadows with iron gate Residence castle Darmstadt, Germany 1938 Printed Later
Located in Cologne, DE
One of the photographers at Mauritius Publishing based in Berlin was Karl Heinrich Lämmel. Born on 30 July 1910 in Riesa, Saxony, he has been missing since April 1945. In the thirtie...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography

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Black and White

Marilyn Monroe Screen Test for "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" Vintage Press Print
Located in Austin, TX
Black and white film still of Marilyn Monroe posed in a screen test for her role as Lorelei in "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes". -- One-of-a-kind original vintage press print from the Cel...
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Contemporary Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography

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Black and White

Claudette Colbert in Awesome Jungle Scene
Located in Austin, TX
This black and white portrait features American film actress and a leading lady in Hollywood for over two decades, Claudette Colbert. Colbert is featured here posed in a jungle sce...
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Contemporary Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

"Sundial Hat" by Gerry Cranham
Located in London, GB
"Sundial Hat" by Gerry Cranham British dancer Rosemary Andree wearing a sunhat with a clock face design on a summer's day at the Roehampton Pool. Unframed Paper Size: 40"x 30'' (in...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography

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Black and White

Hot Air Balloon Scene from "The Wizard of Oz"
By Eric Carpenter
Located in Austin, TX
The Wizard of Oz is a 1939 American musical fantasy film produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Widely considered to be one of the greatest films in cinema history, it is the best-known and most commercially successful adaptation of L. Frank Baum's 1900 children's book, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz...
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Contemporary Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment

Rita Hayworth in Burbank 20" x 16" Edition of 125
Located in Austin, TX
Black and white candid image of Rita Hayworth in Burbank, walking along a beautiful street scene. Rita Hayworth was an American actress, dancer, and producer. She achieved fame duri...
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Contemporary Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography

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Archival Paper, Archival Ink, Archival Pigment

"Standing Proud" by Herbert Mason
Located in London, GB
"Standing Proud" by Herbert Mason St Paul's cathedral standing above the surrounding burning buildings during the London blitz. Unframed Paper Size: 30"...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography

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Black and White

Tornando con le spese, New York (1955) - Large size Black & White Fine Art Print
Located in Brussels, BE
Artwork # 1 on 5 sold in limited edition in perfect condition This photo was made in 1955, the negative was digitized during the artist's lifetime and the technical parameters (fram...
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Photorealist Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography

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Archival Pigment

Choreographer Robert Joffrey, Nels Jorgensen & Paul Sutherland dancing
Located in Senoia, GA
8 x 10" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Choreographer Robert Joffrey, Nels Jorgensen & Paul Sutherland dancing in 1962. This is a print that was pu...
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Pop Art Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Ciro's Owner Herbert Hover and Marilyn Monroe
Located in Austin, TX
Candid capture of Circo nightclub's owner Herbert Hoover helping bombshell actress Marilyn Monroe with her fur coat. Marilyn Monroe was an American actress model and singer. Famous...
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Contemporary Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment

Untitled Portrait
Located in New York, NY
Listing includes framing with UV Plexi ($900 value), free shipping, and a 14-day return policy. Seydou Keïta Untitled Portrait, 1952 - 1955 (02158) 23...
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Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography

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Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin

Grace Kelly - Photograph and Vintage Large Format Negative
Located in Austin, TX
~ Globe Photos Exclusive Offering for Sotheby's and 1stDibs ~ Offered exclusively to our Sotheby's and 1stDibs customers, Globe Photos is proud to announce a new hand-curated collec...
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Contemporary Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Man, Market, Street Photography, Black and White, Paris, 1950s, 23 x 16, 8 cm
Located in Cologne, DE
Silver Gelatine Print by Erich Andres, ca 1950. Andres was born 1905 in Germany and passed away 1992. He started his career as a photographer in 1920. He was one of the first photogr...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin, Black and White

Amelia Earhart Flight over Washington D.C.
Located in Austin, TX
After appearing before a Senate Committee on air safety, Amelia took off in the Department of Commerce's new safety plane for a flight over Washington D.C.. 1936. Amelia Earhart was...
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Contemporary Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography

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Archival Paper, Archival Ink, Archival Pigment

Marilyn Monroe, unique print of 1988 from original negative
Located in Cologne, DE
Ed Feingersh photographed Marilyn Monroe for Redbook magazine in March 1955 for a story which would follow Monroe through her daily routine, the photography to be candid and shot wit...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Rudolf Nureyev in dance class, January 24, 1962. Signed by Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Rudolf Nureyev in dance class, January 24, 1962. Signed by Jack Mitchell on the print verso and recto. Mounted on archival board, both ...
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Pop Art Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Jackie Kennedy Onassis, Black and White Photography, ca. 1960s
Located in Cologne, DE
Jacqueline Lee "Jackie" Kennedy Onassis (July 28, 1929 – May 19, 1994) was an American socialite, writer, and photographer who became First Lady of the United States as the wife of P...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Liza Minnelli iconic picture, unknown date
Located in Cologne, DE
Liza May Minnelli (born March 12, 1946) is an American actress, singer, dancer, and choreographer. Known for her commanding stage presence and powerful alto singing voice, Minnelli i...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Marilyn Monroe on the Set of "How to Marry a Millionaire"
Located in Austin, TX
This lovely black and white image features Marilyn Monroe on the set of "How to Marry a Millionaire". How to Marry a Millionaire is a 1953 American romantic comedy film directed by...
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Contemporary Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment

Eifeltower, Paris, 1955
Located in Cologne, DE
Silver Gelatine Print by Erich Andres, 1955. Andres was born 1905 in Germany and passed away 1992. He started his career as a photographer in 1920. He was one of the first photograph...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Hall of fame, busts of celebrities, Munich Germany 1937, Printed Later
Located in Cologne, DE
One of the photographers at Mauritius Publishing based in Berlin was Karl Heinrich Lämmel. Born on 30 July 1910 in Riesa, Saxony, he has been missing since April 1945. In the thirtie...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography

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Black and White

Stairs, Street Photography, Black and White, France 1950s, 17, 9 x 13 cm
Located in Cologne, DE
Silver Gelatine Print by Erich Andres, ca 1950. Andres was born 1905 in Germany and passed away 1992. He started his career as a photographer in 1920. He was one of the first photogr...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Tom Kelley : Gal in Baggie Surfer Suit
Located in New York, NY
Tom Kelley Ann St. Marie c. 1950's C print 38 x 30 inches Edition of 45 Photographs are printed on Archival Hahnemühle paper (luster) estate signed and numbered in the border Captio...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography

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Archival Pigment

Entrance gate Darmstadt castle girls and woman, Germany 1938 Printed Later
Located in Cologne, DE
One of the photographers at Mauritius Publishing based in Berlin was Karl Heinrich Lämmel. Born on 30 July 1910 in Riesa, Saxony, he has been missing since April 1945. In the thirtie...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography

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Black and White

Sunbathing Skier (1956) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
Located in London, GB
Sunbathing Skier (1956) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print (Photo by Don/Three Lions/Getty Images) circa 1956: With the temperature at around 80? a skier reclines on her propped-up skis ...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography

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Black and White, Silver Gelatin

Lake Powell, Utah/Arizona, Black and White, USA 1960s, 15, 7 x 23, 3 cm
Located in Cologne, DE
Silver Gelatine Print by Erich Andres, ca 1960. Andres was born 1905 in Germany and passed away 1992. He started his career as a photographer in 1920. He was one of the first photographers, who used a Leica. His images today are displayed in several museums, for example in the Civil War Museum in Salamanca, Spain, the Olympic Museum in Lausanne, Switzerland, the Industrial Museum in Oberhausen, Germany. Andres was a contributor for Edward Steichens Exhibition "The family of man" at the Museum of Modern Art in New York in 1951. All works of Andres offered here on 1stdibs are originals, printed and annotated by the photographer himself. Description: Lake Powell...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin, Black and White

Norman Parkinson 'Celia Hammond in Goggles for Queen Magazine, 1964'
Located in New York, NY
Celia Hammond is photographed by Norman Parkinson wearing goggles and a headdress made of silk chiffon for Queen magazine in 1964. Hammond became a favorite model of Parkinson's and ...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Eve Arnold - Marilyn Monroe in the Waldorf Astoria Ballroom, 1956, Printed After
Located in Greenwich, CT
Marilyn Monroe in the Waldorf Astoria Ballroom in New York City, 1956. All available sizes and editions: 20" x 24", Edition of 25 + 3 Artist Proofs 24" x 34", Edition of 25 + 3 Arti...
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Contemporary Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography

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Cotton, Paper

Fred Astaire in Formal Attire III
Located in Austin, TX
Fred Astaire was an American dancer, singer, actor, choreographer, and television presenter. He is widely regarded as one of the most influential dancers in the history of film and t...
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Contemporary Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

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